24 Hours to D-Day

Another couple of miles!

We should be at the drop-off point in two minutes!

Approaching target zone!

Stand by! Here we go!

Are you ready?

Flight check, clear!

Check your chutes and clips at the ready.

We can't afford any malfunctions.

That beacon fails, we're as good as dead.

My girlfriend would kill me

if I died on my first deployment overseas.

We're not going to let that happen.

All right, boys! Pipe down!

Today, we make history.

First boots on the ground behind Fritz's line.

Nazi turf.

We've trained for this. We've sweated for this.

You boys are ready.

Now, I have that kind of faith in each and every one of you.

Our mission, so help us God,

is to activate the Eureka radar beacon

to establish the next paratrooper drop zone.

We need these beacons to light the way

for the next round of paratroopers

who will destroy key roads and bridges

so that our assault on Normandy can be a success.

No matter what happens out there,

we must make it to the rendezvous point.

We must ensure the success of this mission.

Yes, sir!

This is not going to be a cakewalk.

There'll be blood, that's for sure.

Scared? Got every right to be.

That's natural.

We just let that pass.

I have confidence in your abilities, your training,

your commitment to the cause.

You are the best of the best.

Yes, sir!

You were chosen for this mission for a reason.

Our success tonight and tomorrow morning

depends on our working together as a team.

Stay focused, communicate clearly,

and rely on each other.

Yes, sir!

The fate of this mission and the world rests in our hands.

But we are the 82nd Airborne.

We are the Pathfinders.

Yes, sir!

We will lead the way, sir.

That's right!

No! No!

Private! Move!

Clip on! Clip on!

-Come on! -Clip on!

How far to the DZ? Lieutenant!

Coordinates! O'Neill, I need coordinates!

Damn it!

We're not going to make the coordinates!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Jump!

Move, move, move!

Move, move!

Go!

I'm not on the line!

Use your reserve!

Go! Go!

Eyes on the horizon!

See you on the ground! Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go!

Let's go, Cap! Go! Move!

Go!

See you on the ground, Cap!

May St. Christopher protect you!

Trying to join the enemy, Brooks?

-No, sir. -Then move it!

Roger that!

We got a mission!

Mayday! Mayday! 47-1197!

Repeat! Mayday! Mayday! 47-1197!

Allied forces are massing

a fleet the likes of which has never been seen before.

Our brave boys are lining up to give Jerry

a licking he'll never forget.

After pushing them out of Africa, the stage is set.

It's time to open the door on Fortress Europe

and send those bullies back where they belong.

Yes, Mr. Hitler, we're coming for you.

Our fearless soldiers have their marching orders

and are going in with an audacious plan.

Using our newest technology, the Eureka Beacon,

we will guide our bombers to the target

in the dead of night with pinpoint accuracy.

It's no mission for the faint hearted,

millions of lives are at stake.

The future of the free world hangs in the balance

as we hold our breath.

And look to the Pathfinders, the 82nd Airborne

as they head to the front line.

Good luck and Godspeed, you band of brothers.

Yes, General, I'll call Biloxi right away.

Mayday! Mayday! 47-1197, we've taken fire!

SHAEF to 47-1197. We hear you loud and clear.

General, sir!

Landing gear's been loaded and ready for departure, sir.

Good.

We're on schedule.

And the status of the supplies and munitions?

Major.

Arrived and unloaded.

Currently heading to the pre-designated areas.

Let's make sure we cover every contingency.

We can't afford any mistakes.

-Are you with me? -Sir.

Yes, sir.

Sir, it's an incoming message from

one of the Pathfinder pilots. Lieutenant Peters, sir.

Thank you, soldier.

This is General Bradley.

General Bradley, this is Lieutenant Peters.

We've been hit! The other two C-47s are down.

I'm all alone up here, sir.

Understood, Lieutenant. What about the Pathfinders?

Can you confirm boots on the ground?

No, sir.

There's very little visibility up here.

I'm going to circle back around to get a better look.

They did get out of the plane, though, right?

Affirmative!

That'll have to do.

General, I don't even know if they made it

within five miles of the drop zone.

Lieutenant Peters, you've done your part.

Now turn around, head back to base.

You're a pilot. We need your skills in the air.

Get your plane fixed and ready for the next wave.

That's an order!

We need as many paratroopers on the ground as possible

to disrupt the necessary infrastructure.

If we have any chance at all of

this Operation Neptune's success, are you with me?

Yes, sir. Understood.

Turning back now.

Godspeed. Over and out.

Those boys are in for a hell of a night.

I'll take this.

Ah!

Captain!

Get this kraut off me.

Easy does it, Brooks.

Thank you. It's a close one.

Hey, don't mention it.

You hurt?

Uh... No, just grazed. I'm all right.

Hey, do you have the radar beacon?

-Yeah, right here. -Yeah?

Is it damaged?

No, it's all right. Just scuffed, maybe.

Okay. Good.

Let me just radio. Find out where the hell we are.

Oh, damn it.

Radio's shot.

I must have fallen really hard.

Well, we're in this alone.

Get down.

More krauts.

I can't take another brawl.

Hold still.

Hold!

Oh.

Sergeant Steele, Private Murphy.

You guys seen any more of, uh, them?

No, sir.

That right there's the first Nazi

I've seen with my own two eyes.

Yeah, and it won't be our last we stick around here.

We came toward the sound of that gunfire.

Them Jerrys will too.

Which way, Sarge?

Yeah, let's take a peek.

All right, we want to put ourselves

right in the drop zone.

Yeah, this looks like the right spot.

Terrain's correct.

Just looking for a landmark.

Right there.

Is it close?

Yeah, close enough.

Then we should leave.

Yeah.

Hey, mind if I take a look?

I couldn't see shit on the way down.

Yeah. What do you think?

We could be anywhere inside this circle.

What makes you so sure that we're here?

Instinct.

That stream right there.

All right, Murph, take point.

Go, Brooks.

Huber!